The President visits Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Hindu Saturday, Feb 22, 2003

Pondicherry Feb. 21. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who inaugurated the Aravind Eye Hospital at Abishegapakkam, near here, told the gathering at the function that he and his friend, Rajam, while flying to Pondicherry from Chennai today, composed a short poem on the hospital chairman, G. Venkataswamy.

Dr. Kalam visited the Aurobindo Ashram. The President was received by the Managing Trustee, Manoj Das Gupta. Dr. Kalam visited the rooms of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He had a talk with the children of the Sri Aurobindo International Education Centre, in the ashram. Devotees from different parts of the country thronged the Ashram to pay homage to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on the occasion of the Mother's 125th birth anniversary.